The Lilac Fairy Book, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 37, sentence 84
In spite of her fierce words, no one knew better than Barbaik how to put her pride in her pocket when it suited her, and after receiving an invitation to a wedding, she begged the brownie to get her a horse to ride there.
Who acts: one, pride, Barbaik · What happens: know, put, suit, receive, beg, get · To what, where: spite, pride, pocket, Barbaik, invitation, brownie · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «The Lilac Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 37. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (one, pride, Barbaik), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.
Parsed by Mova, not checked by a teacher. This tree is Mova's own parse (the en model, on the CPU, when the site is built); it may be wrong.
The tree
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 2 spite | case |
| 2 | spite | spite | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 knew | obl |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 words | case |
| 4 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 words | nmod:poss |
| 5 | fierce | fierce | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 words | amod |
| 6 | words | word | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 spite | nmod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 spite | punct |
| 8 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 9 one | det |
| 9 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 knew | nsubj |
| 10 | knew | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 11 | better | well | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 10 knew | advmod |
| 12 | than | than | ADP | _ | 13 Barbaik | case |
| 13 | Barbaik | Barbaik | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 better | obl |
| 14 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 16 put | advmod |
| 15 | to | to | PART | _ | 16 put | mark |
| 16 | put | put | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 knew | ccomp |
| 17 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 18 pride | nmod:poss |
| 18 | pride | pride | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 put | obj |
| 19 | in | in | ADP | _ | 21 pocket | case |
| 20 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 21 pocket | nmod:poss |
| 21 | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 put | obl | ||
| 22 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 24 suited | advmod |
| 23 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 24 suited | nsubj |
| 24 | suited | suit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 put | advcl |
| 25 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 24 suited | obj |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 begged | punct |
| 27 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 37 begged | cc |
| 28 | after | after | SCONJ | _ | 29 receiving | mark |
| 29 | receiving | receive | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 37 begged | advcl |
| 30 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 31 invitation | det |
| 31 | invitation | invitation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 receiving | obj |
| 32 | to | to | ADP | _ | 34 wedding | case |
| 33 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 34 wedding | det |
| 34 | wedding | wedding | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 invitation | nmod |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 receiving | punct |
| 36 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 37 begged | nsubj |
| 37 | begged | beg | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 knew | conj |
| 38 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 39 brownie | det |
| 39 | brownie | brownie | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 begged | obj |
| 40 | to | to | PART | _ | 41 get | mark |
| 41 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 37 begged | ccomp |
| 42 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 41 get | obj |
| 43 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 44 horse | det |
| 44 | horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 get | obj |
| 45 | to | to | PART | _ | 46 ride | mark |
| 46 | ride | ride | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 41 get | advcl |
| 47 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 46 ride | advmod |
| 48 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 10 knew | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | know | past | no one | spite of Barbaik's fierce words | well property | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||
| 2 | put | to-infinitive | Barbaik's pride | Barbaik's pocket | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent pride=Theme in pocket=Destination | ||||
| 3 | suit | past | pride | Barbaik | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | receive | gerund | Barbaik not said here | a invitation | to a wedding | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent invitation=Theme | |||
| 5 | beg speech: request | past | Barbaik | the brownie | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent brownie=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 6 | get not said to happen | to-infinitive | a horse | Barbaik | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent she=Beneficiary horse=Theme | ||||
| 7 | ride | to-infinitive | there | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 8 | spite | Barbaik's fierce words | nom spite «feeling transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 9 | word | Barbaik | nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent | ||||||
| 10 | pride | Barbaik | nom pride «feeling transitive»: poss=agent |
One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.
Text: «The Lilac Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3454 (public domain in the USA). Tree: Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), the chapter read in order.
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